• Variety, Monday, March 12, 2007 2:09 PM

NBC is bringing up "Baby Borrowers," a British show in which teenage couples get the chance to experience parenthood. The program follows teens as they fast-forward through the stages of parenthood, starting with custody of a real baby. After caring for the infant for a few days, the couples--living together for the first time--then have to watch over a toddler, a pre-teen, a young teenager and even a senior citizen. "It really is adult life on fast forward--the very opposite of 'Groundhog Day,' says Richard McKerrow, who produced the original BBC show. NBC has ordered up six hour-long episodes of "Baby Borrowers," likely to play out as a comedy with a message at its core, he adds: "We really want the young people in the series and indeed everyone who watches to appreciate that parenting is one of the hardest and most important tasks you'll ever undertake. We also want people to think carefully about when they want to have children and with whom they want to have children."

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